Sentences with phrase «area state senate seat»

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Kennedy: «I'm disappointed with the addition of the 63rd Senate seat, besides adding to the cost of government, it was put in a place that has no impact on western New York and quite frankly has no impact on the population shift in New York state and if there was going to be an additional seat added that despite the fact that I disagree with you that the Constitution was in fact violated and you say that it was not violated — the fact that this additional seat adding to the cost and size of government was added to a place in the Capital Region rather than a place where distinctly the population grew down in New York City I believe was based upon the fact that had an additional district been added in the city where the population shift had come from it would have included that seat being an additional minority seat and that is why it was put up in the Capital Region and rather than in the New York City area.

The 42nd Senate district in the Hudson Valley is one of several seats Democrats in the state Senate hope to be competitive in this fall, with others around the New York City metropolitan area and on Long Island.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, one of two women in the ever - shifting field of contenders for a vacant Hudson Valley state Senate seat, has a new mailer out that stresses her long - standing political history and family ties to the Yonkers area.

Canvassers plan to speak to New Yorkers in targeted state Senate and Assembly districts in Saratoga, Troy, Syracuse, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, New York City and Long Island (several of those areas — especially western New York and Dutchess County — are considered by Democrats as ripe for picking up at least one or two seats next year).

In the area's two state Senate races — seats currently held by Republicans George Amedore and Hugh Farley — all of the candidates during interviews last week took swipes of some kind at the controversial education standards and state tests that drew an over 20 percent opt - out rate for the second straight year this spring.

The Binghamton - area seat was last in Democratic hands when Franklin Roosevelt was a member of the state Senate.

Some of the most interesting contests in the state today are being fought in Erie County — where there are Democratic primaries for the Assembly and a State Senate seat — as well as in areas of Queens and the Bstate today are being fought in Erie County — where there are Democratic primaries for the Assembly and a State Senate seat — as well as in areas of Queens and the BState Senate seat — as well as in areas of Queens and the Bronx.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Bronx Democratic Party and Bronx State Senator Jeff Klein, leader of the Independent Democratic Caucus — a group of breakaway Democrats in a power - sharing agreement with Senate Republicans — endorsed him for the seat, which covers areas such as City Island, Throggs Neck, Silver Beach and Pelham Bay.

Conducted on Jan. 2 - 5 on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders by the Republican and Democratic polling firms of Public Opinion Strategies in Alexandria, Va., and Lake Research Partners in Washington, D.C., the comprehensive survey of 1,500 likely voters includes data from key political «swing areas,» including National Journal political analyst Charlie Cook's swing House and Senate seats and Stuart Rothenberg's presidential swing states.